



As you read this, just remember how big an if really exists here. Yeah, okay, lots of people are going to want these cars, even in developing countries, but that's not to say that everyone who wants one will be able to have one. Once again, the doomsdayer, alarmist, the-sky-is-falling pundits have Chicken-Littled themselves into a frenzy over almost nothing. And as has been proven in other cases, there's only so small you can go with a car before it just doesn't work with your life. Even in Korea, the barely-seven-foot-long Daewoo Matiz makes a big dent, first of all because it has four doors, and second because most Asians have relatively small families. (2-3 children at the most.)
The underlying thought here, as I say, is don't let the doomsdayers have the final word. Personally, in cases like this, when I hear people say "cars like this are going to make gas prices soar!" it's because the person making the statement still wants enough gas, and enough money to keep driving their Ford Expedition. And thank God the Excursion is gone. I think cars like this are quite a positive step, myself. And the success of the Toyota Prius since its gone all hip with the styling proves that green is not the worst thing that ever happened to the world. No, that would be the Yugo, when my own countrymen tried to build a car and sell it in America; even with a convertible. Mind you, of course, the are as yet no overtly "green" cars on my fabled "lust list," although the new Nissan GT-R is close, and on the basis of pure size, the Mazda Miata probably really is there, but I don't have the data. As Croatian contributions to the world go, the biggie is still everyone's favorite firehouse dog, the Dalmatian.
Anyway, the pictures above are the stuff real dreams are (or should I say were,) made of.
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